CVE-2016-9579
A flaw was found in the way Ceph Object Gateway would process cross-origin HTTP requests if the CORS policy was set to allow origin on a bucket. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service by sending a specially-crafted cross-origin HTTP request.
Find out more about CVE-2016-9579 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage Tools 1.3 (ceph) | RHSA-2016:2994 | 2016-12-21 |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 for Ubuntu | RHSA-2016:2995 | 2016-12-21 |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage Tools 2 (ceph) | RHSA-2016:2954 | 2016-12-15 |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 for Ubuntu | RHSA-2016:2956 | 2016-12-15 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | puppet-ceph | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | ceph | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | ceph | Not affected |
| OpenStack 6 Installer for RHEL 7 | ceph | Not affected |